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yup … without cognitive dissonance we’d have to live on a remote island as everything we use or need for our survival is tainted by its own dark history and often even on-going unethical practices.

It’s why I avoid facebook as much as possible, but I do have WhatsApp …
It’s why my pc  has Windows as its primary OS, because as much as I’d love to use Linux I don’t have the time and energy to convert. My home automation does run on 100% ethical open source products (Home Assistant) and I do everything I can to support them and any company with a privacy first focus that doesn’t need the internet to function.

It’s kind of why I prefer Claude over Chat-GPT
Both were created with source material they did not ask permission for.
Only one has at least tried to be ethical going forward.

The worst part is how the corporations pretend they’re not responsible for anything by outsourcing everything to 3rd parties.
Technically that is correct as it is impossible to check the entire chain of supply.
OTOH everyone with a single active braincell knows that they’re doing this to evade responsibility and claim the moral high ground. I distrust corporations that claim they are ‘helping’ their suppliers by paying a ‘fair price’ … because IMHO doing good is something you do not need to advertise, unless you are morally corrupt and need to brag about it.

Only in darkness are we revealed. Goodness is not goodness that seeks advantage. Good is good in the final hour, in the deepest pit, without hope, without witness, without reward. Virtue is only virtue in extremis.

– Doctor Who, S36 E 6 ‘Extremis’